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Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk in the EU and causes significant damage to ecosystems. As part of the European Green Deal's zero pollution ambition, on 26 October 2022 the Commission tabled a proposal for a revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives. The proposed directive would set air quality standards for 2030 that are more closely aligned with the Word Health Organization's recommendations, as updated in 2021. It would also include a mechanism for the standards' regular review based on the latest scientific information. To achieve them on time, the Member States would have to establish air quality plans ahead of 2030.
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Air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk in the EU and causes significant damage to ecosystems. As part of the European Green Deal's zero pollution ambition, on 26 October 2022 the Commission tabled a proposal for a revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives. The proposed directive would set air quality standards for 2030 that are more closely aligned with the Word Health Organization's recommendations, as updated in 2021. It would also include a mechanism for the standards' regular review based on the latest scientific information. To achieve them on time, the Member States would have to establish air quality plans ahead of 2030.
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See the paper publication behind this podcast:
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![Revision of EU air quality legislation: Setting a zero pollution objective for air [Policy Podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ODe3XDS2fwE/mqdefault.jpg "Revision of EU air quality legislation: Setting a zero pollution objective for air [Policy Podcast]
Air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk in the EU and causes significant damage to ecosystems. As part of the European Green Deals zero pollution ambition, on 26 October 2022 the Commission tabled a proposal for a revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives. The proposed directive would set air quality standards for 2030 that are more closely aligned with the Word Health Organizations recommendations, as updated in 2021. It would also include a mechanism for the standards regular review based on the latest scientific information. To achieve them on time, the Member States would have to establish air quality plans ahead of 2030.
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See the paper publication behind this podcast:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2023)747087")
![What if algorithms decided what we should eat by looking at our DNA?[Science and Technology Podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R6VLSYf8VCE/mqdefault.jpg "What if algorithms decided what we should eat by looking at our DNA?[Science and Technology Podcast]
Diets tailored to our individual characteristics could bring about health benefits but require data on our most personal features, such as our DNA. The promises are many, but so are open questions about the interactions between genes, nutrients, environment and health, and the role of socioeconomic factors behind our food choices. Governance of precision nutrition advice, services and products will include various legislation and policies because of its position between lifestyle and health, or food and medicine.
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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_ATA(2023)753159
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![Deepening the single market in the light of the Letta and Draghi reports [Policy podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rmwyu35WnN0/mqdefault.jpg "Deepening the single market in the light of the Letta and Draghi reports [Policy podcast]
Recent shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, have revealed not only the single markets vulnerability in crises, but also the extent to which the EUs competitiveness relies on a well-functioning single market, ensuring unhindered access to the goods, services, and strategic inputs EU supply chains need. Although the single market has generally been a success, recent analyses, including those put forward by Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi in 2024, clearly demonstrate that it remains highly fragmented, limiting EU companies ability to scale up and compete internationally, and preventing EU citizens from reaping the full benefits.
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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/762469/EPRS_BRI(2024)762469_EN.pdf
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